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dairymen of limited means. Others who are finan- 

 cially able to make the investment will hesitate in 

 installing machines until their practical utility has 

 been fully demonstrated. Another drawback is the 

 time required to properly clean the machines. Un- 

 less properly cleaned, more bacteria may be intro- 

 duced into the milk than by hand milking, and sour- 

 ing take place quicker. However, with proper fa- 

 cilities for cleaning the results should be better than 

 by the old method. 



Other machines.* — There are several other ma- 

 chines that have been on the market for a shorter 

 time and their practical value has not yet been dem- 

 onstrated. No machine will prove practical which 

 cannot be sterilized in all its parts and is not adapted 

 to the use of the ordinary dairyman. 



CHAPTER HI 



WINTER DAIRYING TOO MUCH NEG- 

 LECTED 



It is the practice with many dairymen to milk 

 their cows in summer and let them go dry in winter. 

 They seem to think that winter is the time for the 

 cows to "rest," and themselves as well. Many, also, 

 make the claim that feed-stuffs are too expensive. 

 This is all wrong. With the silo as an aid, milk can 

 be produced on thousands of our farms as cheap in 

 winter as in summer, and prices for this product are 



*See Bulletin No. 92, B. A. I., Dept. of Agriculture. 



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